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Eaton’s IS AER ITD division is currently seeking a Senior Cost Accountant.

What you’ll do:

Job summary

The Sr. Cost Accountant is responsible for analyzing and understanding manufacturing costs and working with ITD Financial Mgr to provide monthly

manufacturing finance summaries to the organization. He/she will play a key role in ensuring that the organization’s manufacturing costs are well understood

and communicated, and will also assist with budgets, standard cost rolls, variance analysis and special projects.

Job responsibilities

• Creates and publishes monthly manufacturing cost summaries, including details on efficiencies, production variances, and special initiatives aimed at

decreasing costs.

• Performs cost analyses for new and existing products, in cooperation with design Engineering, methods, purchasing, planning, and Mfg. Engineering. Works

to identify actual vs standard cost discrepancies and drive closure or updates to key ingredients necessary to support accurate costing. Tracks and publishes

metrics on costs and inventories.

• Meets regularly with key stakeholders to review actual to budget variances and facilitates the creation of action plans for bridging gaps to budget.

• Works with the Controller and IT to design reporting and launch auto-publishing for key performance data.

• Supports annual plan, long-range plan, and quarterly forecasts, collaborating with a variety or organizational stakeholders to foresee shifts in revenue,

spending or capital forecasts.

• Supports special projects including preparation of recommendations for policy, procedure, control or action.

Qualifications:

Education level required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.

• Years and area of experience required 3-5 years varied accounting / finance experience.

Technical knowledge

• PC applications knowledge: Microsoft (Excel advance)

• Auditing, accounting principles and dual currency accounting

knowledge.

• Bilingual: Spanish/English.

Soft skills

Competencies: Gets Results through Self & Others, Demonstrate our

Leadership attributes, Build Organizational Capability, Thinks & Acts

Strategically, Digital mindset

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